Living It Up

Homer Flagg is a railroad worker in the small New Mexico town of Desert Hole. One day, he finds an abandoned automobile at an old atomic proving ground. His doctor and best friend, Steve Harris, diagnoses him with radiation poisoning and gives Homer three weeks to live. A big city reporter hears of Homer's plight and convinces her editor to provide an all-expenses paid trip to New York.

• newspaper
• headline
• romantic rivalry
• deception
• based on play or musical
• jitterbug
• doctor
• train
• conscience
• screwball comedy
• bumbling
• radiation sickness
• faking illness
• medical examination
• x-ray
• middle of nowhere
• female reporter
• musical comedy
• yellowface
• imposture